# Games where you must continually eat food/drink water or die **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [June 30, 2011, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/games-where-you-must-continually-eat-food-drink-water-or-die/587436 "2011-06-30T22:51:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![gnoitall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bb73d2/32.png) [@gnoitall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnoitall)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2011, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/games-where-you-must-continually-eat-food-drink-water-or-die/587436/41 "2011-07-01T21:26:17Z")
> [@Duke](#): > > I don’t think Angband did. > > The real point of eating in NetHack, of course, wasn’t just to stave off hunger but to get certain powers by eating the right kind of corpse (floating eye for telepathy, fire beetle for fire resistance, etc.). Deep-fried anything for dropping your weapon all the time… The joys of opening a mystery can of mystery meat. Still, it was worth it if it was, say, a can of deep-fried ghoul (I’ll take a free experience level). ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Scud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@Tom\_Scud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Scud)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2011, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/games-where-you-must-continually-eat-food-drink-water-or-die/587436/42 "2011-07-01T21:27:02Z")
> [@Zsofia](#): > > Ha, yes, who didn’t learn about dysentery from playing Oregon Trail? [TMI]Sadly, I learned about dysentery the old-fashioned way.[/TMI] ---
**Author:** ![choie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/choie/32/7829_2.png) [@choie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/choie)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2011, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/games-where-you-must-continually-eat-food-drink-water-or-die/587436/43 "2011-07-02T01:24:01Z")
In S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Shadows of Chernobyl – aka _Stalker_ for anyone doing a search – you don’t have to drink, but you do need to eat every few hours. You can also find bottles of alcohol (I think it’s vodka) that, amusingly, help you if you’ve got radiation poisoning. You get a little drunk/dizzy but your health improves. ---
**Author:** ![Neidhart](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Neidhart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Neidhart)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2011, 11:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/games-where-you-must-continually-eat-food-drink-water-or-die/587436/44 "2011-07-02T11:50:09Z")
Your Sims characters need to eat or they’ll die of starvation. ---
**Author:** ![Darkhold](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/90db22/32.png) [@Darkhold](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darkhold)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2011, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/games-where-you-must-continually-eat-food-drink-water-or-die/587436/45 "2011-07-02T12:12:27Z")
I think the Might and Magic series had this. I remember picking apples from trees in Might and Magic IV before going anywhere. Also you’d go insane/die if you didn’t sleep enough. I killed half my characters by travelling somewhere on accident and travelling right back. I guess nobody sleeps on the road in that game. ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2011, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/games-where-you-must-continually-eat-food-drink-water-or-die/587436/46 "2011-07-02T13:29:23Z")
> [@Darkhold](#): > > Also you’d go insane/die if you didn’t sleep enough. I killed half my characters by travelling somewhere on accident and travelling right back. I guess nobody sleeps on the road in that game. While you do need rest in M&M, this sounds like you didn’t have enough food for the journey. Say it takes three days to get to Erathia from Harmondale: you’ll use three food on the way there, and on the return. If you don’t have enough food, you’ll arrive weak, or with a condition, or dead, depending on how short you are. ---
**Author:** ![Darkhold](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/90db22/32.png) [@Darkhold](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darkhold)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2011, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/games-where-you-must-continually-eat-food-drink-water-or-die/587436/47 "2011-07-02T16:29:07Z")
> [@Frank](#): > > While you do need rest in M&M, this sounds like you didn’t have enough food for the journey. Say it takes three days to get to Erathia from Harmondale: you’ll use three food on the way there, and on the return. If you don’t have enough food, you’ll arrive weak, or with a condition, or dead, depending on how short you are. I remember it as sleep that drove my characters mad…but it was years ago so it’s possible I’m remembering wrong. ---
**Author:** ![Rigamarole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/77aa72/32.png) [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2011, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/games-where-you-must-continually-eat-food-drink-water-or-die/587436/48 "2011-07-02T17:00:24Z")
RL. Shitty game. ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2011, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/games-where-you-must-continually-eat-food-drink-water-or-die/587436/49 "2011-07-02T17:18:23Z")
> [@Rigamarole](#): > > RL. > > Shitty game. Good graphics though. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2011, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/games-where-you-must-continually-eat-food-drink-water-or-die/587436/50 "2011-07-02T17:55:40Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > That looks like an earlier version of the game. I’m only familiar with the NES version. The NES version of Ultima (which is the one I’m familiar with, too) has a good number of [differences from the PC versions.](http://ultima.wikia.com/wiki/Console_Ports_of_Ultima_IV) Food is one of them. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2011, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/games-where-you-must-continually-eat-food-drink-water-or-die/587436/51 "2011-07-02T22:57:24Z")
> [@GreasyJack](#): > > There was an old game back in the 80’s that was called Wilderness: A Survival Adventure that was basically a backcountry travel simulator in classic text-based adventure game form. That game was basically all about meeting your basic needs without dieing. I’d post a link, but the only reference whatsoever I can find to it on the internet is on abandonware sites where you can download it, and I don’t know if linking those is kosher here. [Moby Games](http://www.mobygames.com/game/wilderness-a-survival-adventure) is fine. No game downloads there. ---
**Author:** ![Rigamarole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/77aa72/32.png) [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2011, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/games-where-you-must-continually-eat-food-drink-water-or-die/587436/52 "2011-07-02T23:32:47Z")
> [@Der\_Trihs](#): > > Good graphics though. Yeah, but it’s really buggy. ---
**Author:** ![GameHat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ed655f/32.png) [@GameHat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GameHat)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2011, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/games-where-you-must-continually-eat-food-drink-water-or-die/587436/53 "2011-07-03T05:16:39Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > Quest for Glory series. > > You have to have food on you or your character can die. Yep, popped in to post that one. Man, QFGIV would have been my favorite Sierra adventure of all time if it wasn’t so damn game-breakingly buggy. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/games-where-you-must-continually-eat-food-drink-water-or-die/587436.md?page=2)